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mrcleaver t1_j1p5pzu wrote

Reply to comment by Ceratisa in Chinese ships depart after record-long intrusion into Japanese waters by OceanBreeze246

What makes Japan's claim any more legitimate than Taiwan's or China's? The fact that they started administering it formally as part of an imperialist period in their history in the late 1800s?

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ExplosiveDiarrhetic t1_j1p7vxh wrote

Uh, yes.

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BestSun4804 t1_j1pd3cf wrote

So, by your logic, China can attack the island and just took it over. And others shouldn't have anything to say because it is not wrong and it is what it is. This is the exact way Japan has a hand on the island.

Then why are you still crying about their dispute?? It is a normal direction it must take, for war to happen. So it is dispute between China and Japan, just let them has war there to decide who finally own it. It is not your issue to care about, that's their fight.

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mrcleaver t1_j1p9id6 wrote

So are you saying being the first to land troops somewhere is the only requirement to declare something as yours?

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sanzy1988 t1_j1pfm57 wrote

How do you think all territories in the world were claimed? A game of poker?

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ExplosiveDiarrhetic t1_j1rmd7x wrote

Japan administered the islands in the 1800’s. USA, after occupying japan, returned them to japan.

If anything, the taiwan government has more of a claim than china. China has zero claim. But of the three, japan has more of a claim.

Also being the most recent owner tends to be how the world works. Native americans havent been given back america. Its impossible to go back in time. End of the day, the current administrator is japan.

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